PSU Volleyball wins two key LEC matches

Sep 15, 2007

WILLIMANTIC, Conn. - The Plymouth State
University volleyball team registered a pair of key Little East
Conference victories on Saturday, edging Rhode Island College in
five games and sweeping Eastern Connecticut State University in
three games in an LEC Round Robin at ECSU's Geissler Gymnasium.

The Panthers improve to 6-1 overall and 2-0 in conference play
this season, while RIC is now 7-4 and 1-1 and Eastern Conn. is 3-9
and 0-2. Eastern was predicted second in the LEC preseason poll,
while RIC and PSU were picked in tie for third with Western Conn.
Plymouth State lost to both teams last year in five games.

The Panthers won the first two games against RIC, 30-21 and
30-28, before the Anchorwomen battled back to take the next two
games, 30-27 and 30-16. PSU pulled out the match with a 15-13
decision in the fifth game.

Following that grueling match, PSU came back with a 30-25,
30-25, 30-25 triumph over Eastern Conn. Bowlen and junior
Wendy Dziedzic (Nashua, N.H.) recorded 11 and 10
kills, respectively, and Kleckner contributed 33 set assists.